The Finisher

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Pub Date 14 Jul 2020 | Archive Date 14 Jul 2020

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Through a particularly tragic series of events, couch potato Maeve Kelly has been forced to sign up for the Other Half, Bath's springtime half-marathon. What Maeve doesn't know is just how brutal some of the other runners are.

As race day draws closer, an Albanian refugee named Spiro makes a run for freedom on the other side of town, escaping the chain gang that has held him hostage and its murderous foreman, who is known to his charges as The Finisher. The Finisher has killed for disobedience before, and Spiro knows there's a target on his back as he tries to lose himself in the genteel medieval city of Bath.

Meanwhile Detective Peter Diamond is tasked with crowd control on the raucous day of the race - and catches sight of a violent criminal he put away a decade ago, and who very much seems to be up to his old tricks now that he is paroled. Diamond's hackles are already up when he learns that one of the runners never crossed the finish line and has disappeared without a trace. Was Diamond a spectator to the prelude to a murder?

Through a particularly tragic series of events, couch potato Maeve Kelly has been forced to sign up for the Other Half, Bath's springtime half-marathon. What Maeve doesn't know is just how brutal...


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I was very grateful to receive an advance copy of this through netgalley. I have read every one of this excellent series featuring Peter Diamond of Bath CID and have always enjoyed them immensely, this being the 19th in the series was no exception, it was very good. Humorous, twisty plot, and the detail and history surrounding Bath well researched as always. Cranky, short tempered Diamond is a delight, and why this series has never been televised, I don’t know.
Highly recommend.

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Thank you to netgalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK for the arc of the finisher by Peter Lovesey.


50th anniversary novel for Peter Lovesey, the 9th in his Peter Diamond series,
This is a classic mystery book which is set within a vivid setting,
Not going to spoil what happens.. so you have to read to find out yourself in which it was such a hooking, gripping and amazing novel had me gripped start to finish.. bit confusing at times but a great book

3 stars

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The book was one that once started was almost impossible to put down and I read it very quickly as it was a real page turner. Peter Lovesey has published many books apart from this series but there is a freshness to his writing which makes it truly exceptional and I was totally absorbed until the final page.

Through a particularly tragic series of events, couch potato Maeve Kelly has been forced to sign up for the Other Half, Bath's springtime half-marathon. What Maeve doesn't know is just how brutal some of the other runners have been.

As race day draws closer, an Albanian refugee named Spiro makes a run for freedom on the other side of town, escaping the chain gang that has held him hostage and its murderous foreman, who is known to his charges as The Finisher. The Finisher has killed for disobedience before, and Spiro knows there's a target on his back as he tries to lose himself in the genteel medieval city of Bath.

Meanwhile Detective Peter Diamond is tasked with crowd control on the raucous day of the race - and catches sight of a violent criminal he put away a decade ago, and who very much seems to be up to his old tricks now that he is paroled. Diamond's hackles are already up when he learns that one of the runners never crossed the finish line and has disappeared without a trace. Was Diamond a spectator to the prelude to a murder?

On the 50th anniversary of the publication of his first novel, Peter Lovesey, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master and titan of the British detective novel, returns to the subject of his very first mystery namely running..
This is the nineteenth book by the author about Peter Diamond and mainly set in and around Bath, where he used to live, but he has many more titles to his name and that of his pen-name Peter Lear. He writes both contemporary detective police procedural stories and historical mystery books and was a story consultant for the Rosemary & Thyme gardening detective series with Felicity Kendall and Pam Ferris.

I really enjoyed this very gripping book which had such an unusual plot, or should I say plots as there were so many different elements going on but it all turned out right in the end. Extremely well recommended.
(Advance copy from the publisher in exchange for a fair review).

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